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This is apparently an old past participle of convehere, convectus ` to carry together, 'and the meaning arises because in forming an arch the extremities of the surface are "drawn together to a point" (ODEE).
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Another English word based on the Latin past participle vectus ` carried, transported 'is CONVECTION ` the process of transmitting or conveying' [from Late Latin convectiō, from Latin convehere ` to carry together '].
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